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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1881
Page
8
A fragmentary verse piece explores gender roles and appearance through repeated work imagery and hints of performance. The speaker contrasts labor with vanity and recalls Imogen and Phryne while critiquing women’s dress and modesty as a social performance. It ends with a singer performing the "Song of the Flirt."
The account recalls the 1838 Lexington disaster in Long Island Sound. David Crowley, then a crew member on the Rhode Island, escaped by clinging to a cotton bale after the steamer burned with passengers and cargo. He endured freezing cold, paddleless drift, and an arduous night at sea, awaiting rescue as dawn broke.
A man clung to a cotton bale after a shipwreck, fought cold and surf for days, reached a house safely, and recovered with help from a local family. The bale was later found, branded Lexing ton and Crowley, and the survivor lived with relatives before selling the bale to a manufacturer.
The Nebraska Senate and House sessions cover bills on lands and mortgages, reapportionment, and contested cases. Debates address railway pricing, school attendance, immigration, and a proposed state police act. Adjournments occur with bills referred to committees and resolutions for joint rules and facility audits.
A Boston Sunday school superintendent recalls a class clubbed by street-gathered urchins. He asks if anyone in the group is a sinner and a bright boy points to another, exposing how easily people judge others. The tale mirrors common faultfinding and self deception.
A concise observation notes that acts of kindness or favors grow when granted promptly highlighting the value of timely assistance and the momentum created by swift generosity in daily life.
The article extols bilious symptoms and liver issues including nausea headache and foul breath as common distressing ailments. It touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a swift, thorough cure that rectifies liver disorder invigorates the feeble and aids recovery from wasting diseases.
Delegates from about twenty four counties gather January 5 at City Hall Lincoln to organize a Nebraska State Farmers Alliance. J Burrows of Gage named temporary chair. G M Dodge of Dodge temporary secretary. a nine member resolutions committee and a five member finance committee are chosen. Officers elected include P Ingersoll president and J Burrows secretary. Resolutions urge railroad reform river improvements and pegs for cheap transportation, with calls for legislative memorials and mass meetings after the session.
Curtis Andrews aged 82 lives in Caroline county with his wife in a log cabin. For sixty years they have shared a simple life, and he credits daily fire tending as the key to their happiness. He recalls moving in fifty years ago and maintaining a single fireplace without matches or sulfur smells, saying the fire’s routine brings home harmony.
Witnesses at a Seventh Day Adventist tabernacle New Year’s Eve report a brilliant light appearing at a large window with an angel in white robes and a radiant halo. Dazzled observers watched it for a moment before it vanished suddenly. Reactions split between omen and superstition, with some invoking prophecy and doomsday fears.
The farmer and his daughter discuss marriage as she asks for a cultured spouse and the father replies that agriculture itself is the best culture in the country. The dialogue exposes rural values and expectations about social status through farming life.
A local note recounts John A. Hutchinson of Downer's Kerosene Oil Works reporting foreman Patton sprained his toe while climbing stairs. After applying St Jacobs Oil, the injury showed an almost instantaneous improvement.
A dandy declares to Amelia his long held love though he pauses and mispronounces his lines. Amelia urges him to continue with the pretty talk and dismisses the awkward wood shed aside.
Thomas O. Thompson, Esq., the mayor's secretary, reports he slipped on a banana peel and sprained his knee, yet states that St Jacobs Oil acted like a charm.
M Smosee suggests using a safety lamp to reveal fire damp in coal mines. The lamp flame lengthens in marsh gas, increasing heat to trigger an elongated metal piece that makes electric contact and rings a bell. Multiple units spaced through the mine would be numbered for location.
View of bark exhaustion near large tanneries and the high cost of hauling bulky material from distant woods leads to a proposal. Build pipelines to carry tan liquor from mills to tanneries using wood or lead pipes, avoiding iron due to corrosion. Four inch bored log pipes would cost about $1 000 per mile, making it cheaper to move liquor to existing establishments than to relocate tanneries.
A collage of old sale pitches touts Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure and Genesee river notes. It promotes Can-sorning hair remedy, Lyon's Pat Heel Stiffeners, Glenn's Bucphur Scar, Bucklin's Arnica Salve, Piso's Cure for Consumption, Redding's Russia Salve, Rough on Rats and other patent medicines with cursory health claims and prices.
A six hp portable steam engine and boiler in first class order, six months use. Priced low with easy terms. Reason for selling to acquire more power. Address Western Newspaper Union Omaha Nebraska. Furs available from Henry G Richter opposite post office Omaha Nebraska. Ladies and mens furs offered with mail orders, repairs, high prices for raw furs, satisfaction guaranteed.
An advertisement extols Hop Bitters as a marvelous cure for sick and miserable patients kept in cages by unnamed conditions. It claims rapid relief from the first dose and restoration of health and strength. The note invites readers to see Truths and Proverbs in another column.
A clutter of early patent medicine claims touts cures for piles worms teething syrup and coughs. Dr Williams Indian Pile Ointment promises instant relief and permanence with testimonials from J M Coffinberry. Other ads promote Uncle Sam’s Nerve and Bone Liniment Kilert’s Liver Pills Worm Cakes and Tar and Wild Cherry extracts.
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